loafman@convexe.UUCP (01/28/88)
I've seen references to FastBack Plus a couple of times over the last month, and am just wondering... Is FastBack Plus a new product? Do legitimate owners of FastBack 5.13 get notified of the product? Is there an upgrade price, or is it a "new product", and previous owners get to pay the full price again? I have not heard from Fifth Generation in a while. I've been pleased with the 5.13 product, but absolutely refuse to pay full price for something derived from a product for which I've already paid. Any legit FastBack Plus users out there with reasonable answers? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kenneth W. Loafman @ CONVEX Computer Corp, Dallas, Texas | All opinions Voice: work: (214) 952-0829 home: (214) 964-1250 | are my own, USPSnail: 1705 Coit Rd #2101, Plano, Tx 75075 | of course. UUCP: ihnp4!convex!loafman | ...KWL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost) (02/01/88)
In article <63200024@convexe> loafman@convexe.UUCP writes: > >I've seen references to FastBack Plus a couple of times over the last >month, and am just wondering... Is FastBack Plus a new product? Do >legitimate owners of FastBack 5.13 get notified of the product? Is >there an upgrade price, or is it a "new product", and previous owners >get to pay the full price again? > >I have not heard from Fifth Generation in a while. I've been pleased >with the 5.13 product, but absolutely refuse to pay full price for >something derived from a product for which I've already paid. Any >legit FastBack Plus users out there with reasonable answers? We bought both 5.13 and FB+. I don't recall ever getting an upgrade notice; we saw ads for the new version and just ordered it. You may or may not actually want to "upgrade". The older versions worked a little faster but weren't as cleanly interfaced, and had problems with some configurations (eg RLL drives). The new version is supposed to work with all kinds of configurations that the older ones didn't, has a really nice interface, and writes MS-DOS readable disks. It's also somewhat slower, although putting it in "compress when you have time" mode gives it good performance and good disk savings. Basically, unless you're unhappy with something about 5.13, you might just want to keep it and forget the newer one. "If it works...." jim frost madd@bu-it.bu.edu